Mystic-skeptic Radio Show

In week’s show we discuss the ancient astronaut craze, our guest is Dr. Michael Heiser. He has a PHD from the Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also earned an M.A. in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania (his major fields of study were Ancient Israel and Egyptology). He also earned another M.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Hebrew Studies and attended Dallas Theological Seminary. Dr. Heiser is featured on the Debunking Ancient Aliens documentary, which can be found on YouTube.In 1968 Erich von Däniken wrote Chariots of the Gods and Zecharia Sitchin followed that trend in 1976 with the book The 12th Planet. Dr. Heiser discussed their lack of credentials and the way they reach their conclusions. The most problematic of their claims is Sitchin’s interpretation of the Anunnaki. These group of Mesopotamian deities are considered by him to have impregnated human beings or genetically changed our original dna.We also addressed the way